OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14303960

NAUSEA,DIZZINESS,OVEREXPOSURE,PESTICIDE,VOMIT

1987-06-24T00:00:00

Event: NAUSEA,DIZZINESS,OVEREXPOSURE,PESTICIDE,VOMIT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14303960
Report ID: 257260

Event description

Seventy employees suffer intoxication by Diazinon

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 responded to requests for fumigation services at the Records Offices room, and the technical services area. He quit without fumigating section II of the Records Office because it was not authorized by the registrar. After 20 to 30 minutes, the vapors from the insecticide permeated throughout the center. Emp loyees #1 through #70 began to experience stinging in their bodies, burning in t he throat, difficulty breathing, dizziness, and vomiting. Employees #14 and #57 were hospitalized. of the Justice Department in the Judicial Center of Hato Rey. Because there was no fumigation contract for the extermination of cockroaches and other bugs, the employee acquired gallons of the insecticide Diazinon and bombs with the purpos e of fumigating. Employee #1 gave instructions to Employee #2, who went to the J udicial Center. Once there, he instructed Employee #3 to retrieve the bomb and t he Diazinon from his official car. Employee #2 or #3 diluted the Diazinon in wat er and fumigated the Records Offices with previous authorization from the respec tive registrars. He fumigated sections I, III, IV, V, VII, and VIII, the binding

Victims (70)

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 33 M

Nature of injury
8

Part of body
2

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
453

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
2
#10 Non-hospitalized injury Age 53 F

Nature of injury
8

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#11 Non-hospitalized injury Age 37 F

Nature of injury
8

Part of body
4

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#12 Non-hospitalized injury Age 29 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#13 Non-hospitalized injury Age 65 F

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
5

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#14 Hospitalized Age 41 F

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
28

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
307

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#15 Non-hospitalized injury Age 37 F

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
5

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#16 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 F

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
5

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#17 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 F

Nature of injury
8

Part of body
4

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#18 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#19 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
4

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 22 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
453

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#20 Non-hospitalized injury Age 29 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#21 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#22 Non-hospitalized injury Age 43 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#23 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#24 Non-hospitalized injury Age 47 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
28

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#25 Non-hospitalized injury Age 22 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
28

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#26 Non-hospitalized injury Age 58 F

Nature of injury
8

Part of body
4

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#27 Non-hospitalized injury Age 56 F

Nature of injury
8

Part of body
4

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#28 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#29 Non-hospitalized injury Age 29 F

Nature of injury
8

Part of body
4

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 29 F

Nature of injury
8

Part of body
1

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#30 Non-hospitalized injury Age 54 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
427

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#31 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
427

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#32 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 F

Nature of injury
8

Part of body
17

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#33 Non-hospitalized injury Age 45 F

Nature of injury
8

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#34 Non-hospitalized injury Age 29 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
5

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#35 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
5

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#36 Non-hospitalized injury Age 33 F

Nature of injury
8

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#37 Non-hospitalized injury Age 47 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#38 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 F

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
5

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#39 Non-hospitalized injury Age 36 F

Nature of injury
8

Part of body
9

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 21 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#40 Non-hospitalized injury Age 50 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#41 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 F

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
5

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#42 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#43 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 F

Nature of injury
8

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#44 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 F

Nature of injury
8

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#45 Non-hospitalized injury Age 33 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
389

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#46 Non-hospitalized injury Age 34 F

Nature of injury
8

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#47 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 F

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
5

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#48 Non-hospitalized injury Age 39 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
16

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#49 Non-hospitalized injury Age 39 F

Nature of injury
8

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 22 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
453

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#50 Non-hospitalized injury Age 43 F

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
5

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#51 Non-hospitalized injury Age 52 F

Nature of injury
8

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
389

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#52 Non-hospitalized injury Age 22 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#53 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#54 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 F

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
5

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#55 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 F

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
5

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#56 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 F

Nature of injury
8

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#57 Hospitalized Age 30 F

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
5

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#58 Non-hospitalized injury Age 45 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
13

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#59 Non-hospitalized injury Age 43 F

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
5

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 43 F

Nature of injury
8

Part of body
9

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
453

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#60 Non-hospitalized injury Age 19 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#61 Non-hospitalized injury Age 21 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
427

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#62 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
5

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#63 Non-hospitalized injury Age 29 F

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
5

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#64 Non-hospitalized injury Age 33 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#65 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#66 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#67 Non-hospitalized injury Age 45 F

Nature of injury
8

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
374

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#68 Non-hospitalized injury Age 29 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#69 Non-hospitalized injury Age 51 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
374

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#7 Non-hospitalized injury Age 41 M

Nature of injury
8

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
453

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#70 Non-hospitalized injury Age 54 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
313

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#8 Non-hospitalized injury Age 65 M

Nature of injury
8

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
585

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1
#9 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 M

Nature of injury
8

Part of body
31

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
453

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2720

Task assigned
1

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